“My whole issue with any of that . . . is that that network [ESPN] to me reports a story that they created and then they do reports on it for the next two days, on a story that they created. But it’s stupid.”

The ESPN report, which was attributed to unidentified league sources, said the Knicks have discussed proposing an Anthony-for-Griffin trade with the Clippers, and that Clippers management has discussed such a deal internally. But it said the teams have not spoken to each other about a possible trade.

With Chris Paul expected to be out three to five weeks because of a separated right shoulder suffered Friday night in Dallas, Griffin really becomes to the Clippers' most important player.

Griffin leads the Clippers in scoring (22.1) and minutes played (36.6) and he is second in rebounding (10.6) and assists (3.1).

He also is making a career-best 70.4% of his free throws, as well as shooting 52.1% from the field.